Associations to the word «Downgrade»

Wiktionary

DOWNGRADE, noun. A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
DOWNGRADE, verb. To place lower in position.
DOWNGRADE, verb. To 'dumb down', reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts.
DOWNGRADE, verb. (meteorology) to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
DOWNGRADE, verb. (computing) To revert software back to an older version.

Dictionary definition

DOWNGRADE, noun. The property possessed by a slope or surface that descends.
DOWNGRADE, verb. Rate lower; lower in value or esteem.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne